.. ·- ... · ttrfl~tr.;,,~"-4114'1tf1Jt11~ . and liueat our owne ding. And in this cafewee bee farre . more foplith:than our childr~n.: for theydoe not trouble themfelues. to thinke, How Gull I bring the yeere about? how fhall I get prouifion for the next yeere, or what ifill weathercome?&c. But they are mernc,and frdh>and think not vpon thefe mattcrs,but make account that their p~u~nts . will fee them prouided for, and notfiJffer them towant any .. -thing: and thereforewhen they need,they go to them J with hope,and haue fuccefleaccordingly. Shoulci not we Joe fo toGod,ifwe Jicl in truth (as we fay we doe) account him to be our Father, and truH in him,and ·giue at leall fo much credit to hitn-as our children doe to vs-? why1hould not wee thinke our feluesfu$~iently prouided for, ifwee haue his promife? If weecould indecde come to makehim our trull, w'ec fhould vnloadeour hearts ofmuch difcontentment, and difquietndle: and this wouldcaufevs to liue far re morecheerefully than now(byreafon o(our vnbeleefeand ditlru!l)we doe,or can ~oe. . The lafi Ggn~ to knowwbether we truflinGodor not, is ' - to examine '(Vhether wee feeke his louea~d fauour: for thai -whichanymanmakethhis trufl,that hedothmoll labour to obtaine. What dath anyman fpeake ofmofi in the day?an.d · thinkevpon moll in the night? and fecke after moA in all his life? Ifit he lucre,then he trufls in his lucre. So, diat man that fec~eth his-ha}?pineffe and pla~eth his felicitie · o~e!y · in pleafure, hee will .rnofi feeke, andHriue to ge't his plea– fiJr,e, an9 is ,mo(l ve~ed i{jt bee taken from him. But hee tltat ~rutle th. i1,1. God, witl labour mofl to get th~ loue and fauour 0,C<;i~d, ~e~aufe bee· knoweth hce can haue no– :thing . fromJ."\irofeife; ~ or; any other, but onely from God. As irrPfol.6c... t'I •. I 2. he fets downc re~fons whywee mufl not crufl in man, nor riches, nor inanyoutward thing :fo1, ~oYver helongs vnt~ God, and mercie belongs vnto God, . ~~~ he will reward euery man, not according to his wealth, . - ~.i~_~{ f~iends,but according to h!s wor-kes. All themen in the <;.'!!: :W~rld,and al ~he riches in the world haue nn power tohelp· 'Y~,vnldfe G-odput it in them; for all power is hisown. Aild; fofor mercie.J.th.ere is no.compaffi9n in any .manor Angell~ . w~ich ~
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